Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

W. LAURIA.

TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

No. 406,919. Patented July 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVARREN LAURIA, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 406,919, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed January 5, 1889- Serial No. 295,504. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VARREN LAURIA, acitizen of the United States,residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful 'iwo wheeled Vehicle, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to the well-known class of two-wheeled vehicles,the bodies or seat-bars of which are hinged or fnlcrumed to the thillsor crossbar of the thills at the forward end and are elasticallysupported over the axle.

The object of the invention consists in the construction of a peculiarelastic support for the fulcrumed body and in combining it therewith,substantially as below described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sideelevation with one wheel removed; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of let teredparts looking from a point at the left of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the elastic support or spring enlarged.

Referring to the lettered parts of thedrawings, A are the thills, 13 thebody fulcrumed at the forward end, and C the wheeled axle,

substantially as heretofore constructed. The 1 spring or elastic supportI) consists of the semi-elliptic member, which is attached centrally onthe axle C, as in Fig. 2. From the outer ends of the semi-ellipticmember the spring is bent around, downwardly, thence upwardly, andtoward each other, flatwise in plan View, forming complete loops in rearelevation, with the edge of the flat metal of which the spring iscomposed presented to the rear.

Having thus described'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combination of the body fulcrumed attheforward end, the axle, and the spring consisting of the semiellipticmember, the ends of said member being bent around, downward, thenceupward, flatwise, forming complete loops in rear elevation, with theedges of the bar :forming said loops presented to the rearward, thenceextended upward toward each other and attached to the body by verticalpivots, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of .the foregoing I have here unto subscribed my name inpresence of two witnesses.

IVARREN LAURIA.

Witnesses:

Lucius 0. WEST, J OHN H. CHASE.

